WOS 2013 Photo Gallery

WOS student writers publish two new anthologies

Student writers sign a copy of "Open the Door 16" (Cyndi Grimes)

McCall, Hawkins address WOS students

On October 24, 2013, family members, guests, and Department of Youth Services (DYS) students, administrators, faculty, and staff filled the chapel on the DYS Mt. Meigs Campus to celebrate the release of the sixteenth installment of Open the Door, an anthology series edited by teaching writer Marlin “Bart” Barton and written by his students in the Writing Our Stories (WOS) program. Anthony E. McCall Sr., Montgomery Academy’s Athletic Director and head football and basketball coach, delivered the keynote speech.

Ten McNeel School Writing Our Stories student writers read their work or the work of others at the release ceremony for Behind the Gate, an anthology of poems and stories, at the Department of Youth Services (DYS) Vacca Campus Chapel on October 31, 2013. Two of the ten students returned to campus to celebrate with their fellow writers, family members, guests, administrators, faculty, staff, and state dignitaries. Poet and community activist Brian Hawkins delivered the keynote address.

Below is a photo gallery from the Mt. Meigs & Vacca events. Click the thumbnail to enlarge the photos & captions.